Trabbi?

[hyperyaris]

I am seriously considering replacing my Yaris I-4 Toyota engine with a single cylinder from a 2 stroke East German Trabbat. What do you think? A one cylinder, 2 stroke Yaris?

[SVOboy]

I wouldnt do anything with a 2-stroke besides give it to a scrap metal yard

[NeilBlanchard]

Hi,

What's wrong with the Yaris engine? BTW, what speed are you going at 2K RPM in 5th gear? Do you know what the final drive ratio is on your car?

[Jim Allen]

Your Yaris is a great example of an efficient small car.

The Trabant was one of the worst-built POS ever foisted off on the world. Not to mention inefficient and gawdawful dirty out the tailpipe.

If you insist on a two-stroke... look at some of the latest snowmobiles. They are pretty much the pinnacle of that genre... such as it is. I once saw a dune buggy that had been repowered by a Polaris two-stroke snowmobile engine. 0-60 in about 4 seconds. 250 hp out of 450 cc's (IIRC). Insanely fast. Relatively easy on fuel too... in context.

[aerohead]

I don't think you'd be allowed to put it on the road.That engine was of the deciding factors for ending production of the Trabant.